12:30 pm: Doctor tells me he will check my progress and break my water. I ask for an epidural before he breaks the water, because I know I go fast once that happens (Hero was just under 3 hours, Pretty was just under 2). He doesn't think I'll progress fast enough to miss getting one, and before I know it, he's broken the water and started a slow drip of Pitocin. (see where this is going?)

12:45 pm: Intense contractions with major pain in my lower back making me scream. Beg for the epidural. All anesthesiologists are occupied in surgeries.

12:55 pm: Nurse says, "You're a 9" and runs to get a doctor, since mine was currently involved in a surgery next door. I look at Jake and tell him in a panic, "He's coming! He's coming without an epidural! I can do this. I can do this." (I was totally trying to convince myself of this...)

Congratulations! Next time a doctor tries to break your water before giving you an epidural you should kick him in the face to stop him! He is really cute though, I think he looks more like you than your other two :)

Adorable. I love hearing birthing stories. Both of my kids were born quickly, too. I was able to get an epidural for the first one who arrived 3 hours after I got to the hospital: I got there at 2pm he arrived at 5:05 pm. The second baby: I remember being on the interstate at 6pm, looking at the clock in the ER at 6:20, and she was born at 7:29pm. I was at 8cm when they checked me, and calm, which I think confused the nurses, they were expecting otherwise. I didn't want an epidural with her because my back hurt so much from the first time around afterwards. I did get something for the pain but I don't think there was enough time for it to kick in before she was born, it was close though.